Another way to keep terminal window open

[data808]

At the end of the batch file I have "pause" to keep the window open. However, any time I press any key, as the terminal states, this causes the window to close. I would like to keep the window open so that I can do a search for keywords within the terminal window using CTRL+F. Is there another function besides "pause" that can achieve this?

Thanks for your help on this.

[OJBakker]

If you have exit commands in your batchfile change these to exit /b
Make a shortcut to your batchfile.
Change the target of the shortcut to:

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cmd /k fullpathandnameofyourbatchfile.cmd

If you start the batchfile with the shortcut then the window will stay open until you close it or use the exit command.

[ShadowThief]

Simply run the script from the command prompt instead of double-clicking it and the window will stay open after the script ends.

You're new, so I'll oversimplify - never ever double click scripts!